Tag Archives: Max Weber

A Detailed History of Leadership Models

There are many definitions of leadership. Merriam-Webster defines a leader as “a person who commands authority and power.” Leadership is defined as “the office or position of a leader, the ability to lead and the act or instance of leading” (Merriam-Webster, 2000). One aspect that remains consistent across all definitions is that leadership is the […]

Karl Marx and Max Weber: Fathers of Sociological Theories

The central interest of sociology is the study of people in groups, of people interacting with each other and finding the common thread. Sociology is considered to be a science in that sociologists utilize data collection methods and the scientific methods of hypothesis in an attempt to predict human behavior. Karl Marx and Max Weber […]

Classical Tradition in Social Theory: Marx, Weber and Durkheim

Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim and Max Weber all explained the way in which society is constructed in large part in relation to economic conditions; I made a division of labor. The fact that the effects of labor and economic forces on the way societies are shaped and how they evolve should be of primary interest […]

A Summary of Weber’s Essay Class, Status, Party

Max Weber author of Class, Status, Party goes on to explain the intrinsic properties of class and how class, status groups and political parties make up the structure of our society. According to Weber the three are a, “phenomena of the distribution of power within a community.” Granted, the essay, Class, Status, Party that is […]